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Windows 8 + UEFI BIOS, "UEFI Firmware Settings" Missing
Originally installed Windows 8 (non-UEFI install) with a GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 motherboard.
After upgrading the BIOS to a UEFI version and enabling some fast-boot settings and Windows 8 integration, the ...
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How to prevent microsoft windows from running on a pc [closed]
Suggest I have a PC with either a BIOS with the commonly available options or a UEFI. Is there any way to change the settings so NO Windows NT based System will boot anymore (not even Windows PE ...
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Confirmed success with installing linux on Samsung UEFI laptop? [closed]
I am aware that the specific question and possible solution about this has been asked before:
How to safely install GNU/Linux distro on a Samsung UEFI enabled laptop
However what I am looking for is '...
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Do hard drives need a GUID partition table (GPT) to boot in UEFI mode?
Is EFI booting something hardware specific? I have a desktop motherboard with a UEFI Bios, but I can only boot from USB drives in "UEFI" mode. Both the DVD drive and the HDD's (a RAID 0 array) boot ...
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LENOVO desktop computer only boot with F12
I have a new desktop computer: a LENOVO model 3493-BFG with Windows 8.
I started the computer without any problem. Once Windows was automatically set up, I created a recovery media (an USB hard-drive)....
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Windows 8 can't load from UEFI but loads by selecting the device
just replaced my CD/DVD-ROM in my notebook with an SSD, installed Windows 8 on it but got a damn annoying problem - the computer can't boot by the UEFI, I get the error of winload.exe missing and the ...
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Can UEFI settings brick new laptops?
See closed question - this is a less localised version of the same question.
Summary: changing CMS support in BIOS after attempting dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 bricked my laptop.
While ...
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Cannot save boot order in BIOS
I have a weird problem - on my Lenovo Z570 I cannot change the default boot order.
I am trying to load a bootable DVD and I have two hard drives. The boot sequence has the DVD drive as last, but when ...
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How to tell if the Windows Installer boots in EFI or BIOS?
I have a Windows 7 x64 install USB and want to know if the installer has booted into EFI or BIOS mode.
I found a solution here, but it doesn't work since notepad couldn't find:
\Windows\Panther\...
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Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H MB problems
I installed a new system last week. I've some issues with it.
The system consists of a:
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H with F9 BIOS (latest)
Intel Core i5 3570K proccesor
Sapphire Radeon HD7850
2x 8GB ...
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UEFI Crashing When Trying to Enter BIOS
I have a AMD FX8150 Processor in a ASUS Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard with (4) 4GB PNY DDR3 1866 Memory for a total of 16GB. I also have (2) Sapphire 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI E 2.1 X16 Video Cards that I am ...
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How to move an existing installation of Window 7 64bit to UEFI (from legacy)
I have a laptop that has Windows 7 64 bit Enterprise edition. It is already filled with plenty of Software and drivers.
The laptop (Dell E6220) supports booting through UEFI, but the insatllition was ...
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How do I properly dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 on an UEFI system?
I have an HP Z210 with Windows 7, which is UEFI based. I'd like to dual boot it to Ubuntu 11.10 with GRUB2, but am having problems due to the UEFI. The install CD goes to the end, but then the ...
